An Okehampton farmer has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after failing to improve the squalid conditions for his 13 collies, despite several warnings and advice from Devon County Council.
Leon Henry Smith (aged 62, of Castle Road, Okehampton), who has twice been banned from keeping sheep or cattle, was given the chance to improve conditions for the dogs after the judge at Exeter Crown Court deferred sentencing earlier this year.
However, his case was brought back to court early last month after Devon County Council's Trading Standards Team and...
As Friday 31 January 2014 marked the beginning of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar, the RSPCA is announcing a huge rise in the numbers of horses rescued and taken in by the charity in England in 2013.
The charity is also highlighting some of the incidents from the past year that made 2013 unlucky for our equine companions.
Figures show that the number of horses taken in or rescued by the charity in England rose by 69 per cent compared with 2012. In 2013, the RSPCA rescued, collected or took in 1,526 equines, compared with 901 the previous year. These horses...
